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the chat. And read on to learn more - including what you can do to help. What are neglected tropical diseases? Hookworm, trachoma , elephantiasis, roundworm, whip worm, snail fever and river blindness are the seven parasitic and bacterial infections

world are infected with this parasite, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Along with hookworm, trachoma , elephantiasis, whip worm, snail fever and river blindness, roundworm is considered one of the seven parasitic and bacterial

cowpeas, some in tattered clothes, others stark naked. Hygiene and water go hand in hand. Several children are diagnosed with trachoma , an eye infection which, if untreated, leads to blindness. “It mostly occurs due to poor hygiene. That’s why AMREF

the only piece of medical equipment he has (if you don't count the Toyota key he uses to roll back eyelids and check for trachoma ), and listened to Danny's lungs. He then tells the boy he's been having chest pains and puts the stethoscope in Danny's

disease-related arthritis and reactive arthritis (ReA), according to background information in the release. Chlamydiatrachomatis or Chlamydia pneumoniae frequently cause ReA. The new study, published in the May issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism

published in the April 17 issue of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report . According to the CDC, Chlamydiatrachomatis infection remains the most common bacterial infection transmitted via sexual contact in the United States

with moderate levels of the eye disease trachoma , one or two rounds of high coverage ..... School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine's Trachoma Group said its findings challenge the ..... re-evaluation of how communities affected with trachoma are treated. The five-year study was

transmitted disease chlamydia causes the contagious eye disease trachoma , the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Although ..... World Health Organization has launched a program to control trachoma , relying in large part on annual repeated mass azithromycin

effective, in terms of both cost and in reducing the incidence of chlamydia infection." Infection with the Chlamydiatrachomatis pathogen is the most common preventable cause of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in young women. PID

bacteria, viruses and parasites, which cause diarrheal disease, parasitic infections, worm infestations, and the eye disease trachoma . Diarrheal disease (including dysentery and cholera) is a leading cause of death (1.8 million a year) and illness

other issues. Read an excerpt of the book below. TrachomaTrachoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness in the ..... but 7 million people have been stricken blind by trachoma . An additional 500 million, usually the poorest

News ) PREVENTABLE DISEASE Preventable Disease Blinds Poor in Third World An estimated 70 million people are infected with trachoma , and two million are blind because of it. ( NY Times ) NEW ORLEANS REBUILDING Levee Repair Costs Triple New Orleans May Lack